Sue Wootton's most recent publication was Cloudcatcher (Steele Roberts 2010), a storybook for children. Her third collection of poetry, By Birdlight, is shortly to be published by Steele Roberts For further information on Sue's poetry and fiction, see http://suewootton.co.nz
lovebird
hummingbird under the skin
hot strum of strings, feverish wings
feathered thrill hovers and sings
feverish featherstrum sings
bird hum of strings, thrill-fevered skin
hot hover humming and wings
hoverbird’s feverish wings
strum-feathered strings, underthrill sings
humming strum hotfeather skin
thrillfevered underskin strings
strummingbird sings, hover-hot wings
underbird featherskin stings
hatebird
The Nano Hummingbird video drone developed by the Pentagon is designed to “flutter into enemy territory”
Hummingdrone
surveys your home
No harm
Stay calm
No heart
No nest
Robotic parts
know best
Snap! Acquires
maps for buyers
Bird of pry
Unfriendly flier
Term Break
Condom near the see-saw in the morning rain: frail
as an angel’s pericardium flayed from an angel’s heart, fallen
from last night’s sky. Dropped.
There’s a boy waking late today and stretching: raw
where he didn’t expect it, and a girl, elsewhere, solitaire,
owning to herself: bereft.
